December 13 Update

After the initial week of heavy rain in November, it took awhile for the land to dry out enough for another field to be re-ploughed ready for planting. The boys helped clear away stones and weeds, and some watermelon seedlings have been planted. Even though its monsoon time, this part of Tamil Nadu hasn't had good follow-up rain this month, so the bore water was used to soak the ground again before planting could take place. At the moment water is sent down channels dug between the fields, but soon we hope to have underground pipes that can be used to direct the water to specific areas as required.



Everyone lent a hand to clear weeds and remove stones ready for planting



Water flowing from the bore through the water channels



The boys watching the water flowing out into the fields



Some of the newly planted vegies